Sports Injuries

Sports Injuries not properly treated can lead to ongoing problems which can affect your sporting performance or future health! Sports injuries, whether they are recent or old injuries continuing to cause problems, need professional assessment and management to ensure no unnecessary complications arise. Our team of highly skilled Sports Physiotherapists can help diagnose, treat and prevent injuries, helping you perform at your very best.

Treatment

The most common sports injuries:

Ankle sprain

Groin Pull

Hamstring Strain

Shin Splints

ACL tear

Tennis Elbow (epicondylitis)

Injuries left to heal themselves can lead to long term residual problems due to, soft tissue adhesions and tightness, joint stiffness, muscle imbalance and a deficiency in the return of normal muscle strength.

Our Chartered Sports Physiotherapist are just as happy treating elite athletes as well as once a month 5 aside football players!! Our experienced staff will accurately assess your problem and provide you with the rehabilitation that you need in order to return to your sport as soon as possible.

Early recovery and active rehabilitation are important goals in the treatment of sports injuries; our clinic is equipped with the appropriate tools to help you achieve these goals. Each treatment plan will not only be tailored to your needs but the specific sports you play, helping you to return to your best and prevent future injuries.

Our Expertise

Our Physiotherapists have a great deal of specific clinical experience in the management of sport related injuries.

Our Physiotherapists are highly qualified and trained in the assessment and treatment of sports injuries and have a traditional working relationship with doctors. We treat all types of sports injuries, ranging from ACL tears in the knee to simple sprains of the ankle or joint separations of the shoulder. Whether you have an ongoing problem from an old injury or you have just hurt yourself, we can help.

Our team of Physiotherapists have a comprehensive knowledge of biomechanics, tissue pathology and tissue healing. Do not forget that is Chartered Physiotherapists (and not any other profession) that play an integral part in the treatment, rehabilitation and injury prevention of professional athletes in sporting teams and organisations such as the Irish Rugby and Soccer teams.

All our Physiotherapists use a variety of evidence based therapies and treatments to get you back playing as quickly as possible.

When you decide to play any sport, you’re willing to risk getting injured. While there is an inherent risk of injury in every sport, the kinds of injuries and the likelihood of sustaining them varies greatly from sport to sport. Unfortunately, Irish sports are often overlooked by the broader medical community, so today we’re going to look at some of the most common injuries in one of Ireland’s oldest and roughest sports: hurling.

Basketball has proven to be an excellent way to strengthen the body and mind for members of all generations. Of course, such an exertive activity does not come without risk. Below we will discuss some of the most common basketball injuries.

Many of us have been subjected to an injury at some point, and it’s not unusual for us to try a number of different methods to try and get rid of the pain. Two of the most popular methods of alleviating pain is the applying of ice or heat. But there can be some confusion as to what kind of treatment should be used for certain injuries.